Casual Cook
4 days ago
**Our Vision**
A neighborhood where every person’s worth is celebrated and all people thrive.
**Our Mission**:
We seek a just society, nurturing spirits through ministry, housing, advocacy and community services.
Each job within the **First United Church** should in some way promote our accomplishment of this vision and mission.
**POSITION OBJECTIVE**
The casual cook position assists the Food Services Manager in providing consistent and quality food preparation following First United food service and hospitality standards.
**DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Ensure refrigerators and storerooms are kept organized and maintained in the various kitchen areas on a daily basis and that all food products are stored in accordance with health regulations.
- Attend work as scheduled, give sufficient notice for absences to Food Services Manager.
- Ensures smooth operation of kitchen services during absence of Food Services Manager.
- Completes cleaning according to daily and weekly schedules and dishwashing/pot washing as needed.
- Maintains cleanliness and sanitation of equipment, food storage, and work areas.
- Conduct yourself in a professional and positive manner.
- Ensure food is stored in appropriate containers, labeled, and rotated to ensure high standards of freshness, minimizing waste and maximizing quality.
- Actively participate in the environmental program and department specific initiatives in working towards sustainable operations.
- Strive to uphold a safe working environment and be Health and Safety conscious and actively involved in maintaining and improving a safe work environment.
- Maintain professional work habits.
- Adhere to all First United Guidelines, Policies, Rules and Regulations.
- Practice proper grooming, personal hygiene, and uniform standards.
- Ensure that the kitchen prep area is maintained at the highest level of cleanliness at all times, especially during food production. This includes: any food spills are cleaned immediately; all equipment is cleaned on a daily basis and there is no build up of grease or other stains on all equipment.
- Help to ensure that food deliveries have been delivered and stored according to the standards set by the Food Services Manager.
- Ensure the proper use of scales and measurements in all recipes, portioning, and food production.
- Maintain integrity of kitchen and supplies by managing access to kitchen by volunteers and non-kitchen staff.
- Maintain up to date Food Safe Certification.
- Liaise with outside groups/volunteers and donors as required
- Manage access to dry storage area.
- Ensure that volunteers’ possessions are stored away from the kitchen area.
- Carry out other related duties which may be assigned from time to time.
**SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITY**
**Latitude**
The incumbent works with the Food Services Team. If clarification is required, it is expected that the incumbent will request further direction from the Food Services Manager.
**INTERNAL/EXTERNAL RELATIONSHIPS**
- Cooks are to seek input or to exchange information about regular duties with the Food Services Manager
**WORK EXPERIENCE**
- Experience in a non-profit related environment, e.g. shelter, group home, recovery house
- Minimum two (2) years of hospital, institutional, or restaurant cooking experience to include food preparation
**EDUCATION**
- High school diploma or GED
- Current food safe level 1 certificate
- Valid driver’s license and clean drivers abstract is required
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